The 13th and final week of Jackson's spectacular sandwich contest leads to Duffy's Food and Spirits for the sandwich they call The Grinder. Duffy's is located at 751 N. Waterloo Ave, on Jackson's "Miracle Triangle" along with Jaxon Pizza Factory and Gramer's candy shop.

The Grinder is a generous helping of ham and pepperoni topped with mozzarella cheese, banana peppers, onions and another version of special sauce. The whole thing is baked warm on an eight-inch sub bun. It costs $6.75.

Difficult as it is to believe, this concludes the eating portion of Sandwich Fest 2009. A winner will be announced in roughly two weeks, so stay tuned to the Citizen Patriot for that. A more complete status report will be printed in tomorrow's column.

My good news guarantee: Yesterday I responded to someone who posted a comment online complaining (mildly) that the Cit Pat does not devote enough coverage to hardworking kids in mainstream schools. This reminds me of those people who insist the paper is full of bad news. Are you one of those people? If so, here's my challenge to you. Take two weeks and count all the stories in the Citizen Patriot that are good news. During the school year, count all the stories about kids in schools. You will be surprised.